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Charles Schwab (
SCHW) pushed the Financial Services industry higher today making it today's featured financial services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Charles Schwab rose 13 cents (1%) to $13.06 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5.7 million shares of Charles Schwab exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 11.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $12.88-$13.07 after having opened the day at $13 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $12.93. Other companies within the Financial Services industry that increased today were:
Epoch Holding Corporation (
EPHC), up 26.4%,
Palmetto (
PLMT), up 6.7%,
First Marblehead Corporation (
FMD), up 3.9%, and
Ampal-American Israel Corporation (
AMPL), up 3.3%.

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The Charles Schwab Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage, banking, and related financial services to individuals and institutional clients. Charles Schwab has a market cap of $16.42 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 14.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Charles Schwab a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Charles Schwab as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in stock price during the past year, revenue growth and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's return on equity has been disappointing.